A Study from 1950-1976 Relating Commodity to Common Stock Returns

question 46

Multiple Choice

A study from 1950-1976 relating commodity to common stock returns found

• A) a negative correlation between their returns.
• B) a portfolio of 100% futures maximized the return/risk.
• C) a lower average annual risk for futures.
• D) futures provide no hedge against inflation.

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A unit of heredity made up of DNA, located on chromosomes, that encodes information necessary to build and maintain an organism's cells and pass traits to offspring.

DNA Nucleotide Sequence

The arrangement of nucleotides (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) in a strand of DNA, determining genetic information.

Posttranscriptional Processing

The series of modifications that RNA transcripts undergo after transcription, including splicing, editing, and polyadenylation.

MRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm.